West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-01

very often honor with old age those who
have in early life sacrificed swine on the
altar oil the bodily temple. Remember, o,
young man, that while In after life and after
years Of dissipation you may perhaps have
Your heart changed, religion does not
change the liver Trembling and stag.
gering along these streets to-day are
men, all bent aud decaycd and pre-
maturely old for the reason that they nre
paying for liens they put upon their physical
estate before they were 80 BY early dissipa-
ton they Put ON their body "A first MORTGAGE.
and n second mortgage, and n third mott
gage TO tho devil, and these mortgages are
now being forcciose1, and all that remains CT
! their earthly estate tho undertaken will
soon put out OF sight. Many years ago,
In fulIilment OF my text, dart struck
through their liver, and il is there yot God
forgives, but outraged physical law never
never, never. That has Sinai, but no Cal.
vary Solomon IN my text knew what he
was talking about He had i'm early life
| D"cn n proiligate, aud he rises up ON his
throne OF worldly splendor 10 shrek out a
warning 70 all the centuries David bad i'm
early life, but good in later life, cries out
with an agony of earnestncSs: Remember
! not the sins OF my YOUTH
Stephen A. Doug'a3 gave tho name O..
squatter sovereignty To those who went OUT
! West and took possession of lands and held
them by right Of preoccupation Let q
/ flock OF sins settle ON your heart before Won
get to - years OF age, and they will in ali
| probability keep possession of il by IN in.
formal squatter sovereignty. II prom
lse to pay at tho bank $500 six months
from date" says tho promissory note AZ
promise TO pay my life thirty years from
date at the lank of the grave.n says every
lniraction of the laws of your physical
| being.
! What 7 VIII n mans body never COM
pletcly recover from an early dissipation in
this worldi Never. How about the world
10 come! Perhaps God will fix it up in the
resurrection body so that it will not have to
| go limping through all eternity, but get tho
liver thoroughly damaged and it will stay
damaged Physicians call it cancer OF the
| liver, or hardening OF the liver, or cirrhoss
OF the liver, or inflammation of the liver, or
\ fatty degeneration OF the liver, but Solomon
puts a II these pangs into one figure and says:
Till the dart strike through his liver"
mat young man smoking cigarettes and
smoking cigars has no idea that he is getting
| Tor himself smoked liver. That young man
has no idea that he has by early dissipation
so depleted his energies that he will go into
the battle only half armed. Napoleon lost
! waterloo days before IL vas fought Had he
attacked the English army before il was re-
enforced, and taken il division by division
hc might have won the day, but he waited
untll he had only 100000 men against 20) 600
! ANA here is young man who, il he put all
his forces against the regiment of youthful
/ temptations in the strength of God he might
| drive them back, but he is allowing them to
be reinforced by the whole army OF midife
| tchhptdJlOiS ana NIen all these combined
forces are massed against him and no Grouchy
comes to help him, and Bluncher has come TO
help his foes what but immortal defeat can
ava himl
Some years ago n scientific lecturer went
through the country exhibiting on great
canvas different parts of the human body
when healthy and different parts when dis
easel. And what the world wants now is
some eloquent scientist to go through the
country showing to our young people on
blazing canvas the drunkards liver the
4 oilers liver, the libertine's liver the gam
Diers liver. Perhaps the spectacle might
stop some young man before he comes to the
same catastrophe, and the dart strike through
/ his own liver
My nearer, this is the first sermon you have
heard on the gospel OF health, and it may be
the last you will ever hear ON that subject; and
charge you, in the name of God and Christ,
and usefulness and eternal destiny take bet
/ Ter care of your health When some of YOU
die, II your friends put OH your tombstone
truthful epitaph, it will read: Here lies the
victim of late supLers,n or it will be: "Be-
hold what chicken salad at midnight will do
| Tor man." or it will be: ''Ten cigars a
day closed my earthly existence;" or il
WI be; sat down in n cold draught
and this is the result" or it Will
be: IL died OF thin shoes last winter;n or il
VIII be: Went out without an overcoat aud
took this last chilli" or it will be: Thought
l could do at 20 what did at 20. and am
here;' or it will be-: Here is the conse.
/ quence Of sitting a half day with wet feet;
or 1t will be: This is where / have stacked
my harvest Of wild oats:' or, instead of
words the stone cutter will chisel for an
epItaph on the tombstone two figures, name
/ ly, dart and liver.
! There is kind of sickness that is beautiful
when 1t comes from overwor& for God, or
ones country, or ones own family | have
seen wounds that were glorious After in,
battle OF Antietanl, in the hospital a soldier
! IN reply TO my question: "Where nTo Won
| hurtf uncovered his bosom and showed me n
cash that looked like n badge of eternal no
! Dillty. nave seen an empty sleeve that was
more beautiful than the most muscular fore
arm. have seen green shade over the eve
I sEot out IN battle that was more bcaut ful
/ than any two eyes that had passed. without
/ injury. have seen an old missionary worn
/ out with the malaria of African jungies who
/ looked TO me more radiant than n ruhicunl
. gymnast. have seen q mother after six
] weeks watching over n family of children
I down with scarlet fever with a glory round
heT pale and wan face that surpassed the an
/ gelic IL all depends on how you got your
! sickness and in what battle your wounds
My Lord and my GOdl if wo must get sic!;
and worn out lot IL be i'm thy service. and i'm
the effort TO make the world good and happy.
Not IN the service Of sin. MOI No
One o. the most pathethic scenes that
! ever witnessed I, aud | often ses il. is
| hat OF men or women converted i'm the
mites or sixties or seventies wanting 10 be
| useful, bat they 50 served the world and
| satan in the earlier Tart OF their life that
/ thoy have no physical energy left for the SER
| wee OF God. They sacrificed nerves muscles
/ lungs, heart and liver on the wrong tar,
! They fought on the wrong side, and now
\ when their sworl IS al hacked up and
| ther ammunition oil gone, they enlist
/ Tor Emmanuel. When their high mot
tled cavalry horse, which they spurred
INTO many cavalry charge with
champing bit and flaming eye and neck
| clothed with thunder, is worn out, and spnv-
med, and ng-bonel, and, springhnlt, he rides
! up TO the Captain OF our salvation on
/ the white horse AMI offers his services. When
su n persous might have been, through tho
/ COOL habits Of n lifetime, crashing the battle
| az through helmetoi iniquities. they are
! spending their days and nights i'm discussing
/ the best way ~ breaking up their iudi
! gestion, and quieting their iangling nerves
! and rousing their laggard appetite and try
| ing 70 extract the dart from their outraged
! liver, Better converted late than never
! On, yos; for they will get TO Heaven. But
| they VIII 20 ofOot, when they might have
/ wheeled up the step hills Of the sky in
! hhJahs chariot There is an old hymn that
| We used to sng in the country meeting
/ house when ! was a boy, and i remember
/ now the old folks voices tremblo1 with emo.
| ton while they sang IT, have forgotten all
/ put two lines. but those lin g arc the uerora-
| ton Of my sermon:
Twill save us from a thousand snares
TO mind religion yonng.
A Sagncious General.